m14 bbl ?

[Rotek]

Hey you M14 Guru's.
I have a Norc M14 My question is if i were to change bbls would a special
bbl have to be ordered?Or could any .308 bbl be turned to work?
part 2 of the equasion would a heavy bbl from Rem or another brand oftake
off improve accuracy of the Norc M14?
I have a couple of .308 bbl in excellent shape from other projects and I was
just thinking of maybe another project since I already have the parts.

 

[Lazerus2000]

If you had to pay a gunsmith to do it, the amount of PRECISION work involved [ cutting the rather large and SQUARE threads, indexing, cutting the gas assembly grooves, cutting the front sight grooves, drilling the gas port ... ETC!] in converting any old .308 barrel into an M-14 barrel would probably cost about ten times what a decent USGI surplus barrel would cost.
PLUS, the M-14 barrel threads are larger in diameter than most others, so some sort of two piece adapter would have to be made up ...not so good!

Since the USGI surplus barrels [ and some of the Norinco barrels too ] are often capable of shooting SUB MOA if the rest of the rifle is up to it ... what would be the point??

 

[Rotek]

Thanks for the quick reply Lazerus2000.
that pretty much answers my question bang on.

regards

 

[the_big_mike]

stick with the norc barrel for sure unless you wanna spring for a usgi one

 

[eltorro]

Krieger, douglas and others have those bbls already cut and fitted with an op-rod guide. the money is no small feat, but you get the best.

http://www.kriegerbarrels.com/RapidCat/catalog/pagetemplate.cfm?template=/RapidCat/common/viewPage.cfm&PageId=3393&CompanyId=1246

 

[simonyzer]

Ya........ but getting them on your own is a pain in the ass......with all the lisencing you have to go through.......

I managed to get e few barrels in the past.

2 Barnett barrels from the US and 1 crazy horse barrel from a source on this site

But, even with all the trouble, you are still winning over getting one cut on a remmy blank.....

Simon

 

[Hungry]

Exactly what Lazerus2000 and Simonyzer said. They saved me a pile of typing.

So what kind of game would you need a more accurate (than the factory Norinco) barrel for ?

Unless you are shooting NRA High Power, Precision rifle , or Service rifle, the Norinco barrel is fairly accurate for most people's needs. Save your money....